He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment.
He who does not know what to do in his spare time is not a businessman.
He who does not regularly put on clean socks will never get used to circus life.
O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?.
One measures the towers by their shadows and great people by those who envy them.
The woman who deceives her husband makes her lover swear never to be unfaithful to her.
I am a gentleman and you are a gentleman; who, then, should look after the pigs?
He who lets another sit on his shoulder will soon have him on his head.
He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him.
A woman who dances too much gets ill from little work.
He who believes his wife too much will regret it in the end.
He who fondles you more than usual has either deceived you or wants to.
He who marries on a rainy day will be happy for the rest of his life.
He who is afraid of doing too much always does too little.
Greet everyone cordially when you don't know who your in-laws are going to be.
The lazy man who goes to borrow a spade says, "I hope I will not find one.".
He who really wants to die will not complain if he is buried standing up.
It is the woman whose child has been eaten by a witch who best knows the evils of witchcraft.
I am a prince and you are a prince; who will lead the donkeys?.
He who upsets something should know how to put it back again.